Queensland Consolidated Acts

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 49

49 Power to require name and address

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer—

(a) finds a person committing a vegetation clearing offence; or

(b) finds a person in circumstances that lead the authorised officer reasonably to suspect the person has just committed a vegetation clearing offence; or

(c) has information that leads the authorised officer reasonably to suspect a person has just committed a vegetation clearing offence.

(2) The authorised officer may require the person to state the person’s name and residential address.

(3) When making the requirement, the authorised officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name or residential address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(4) The authorised officer may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or residential address if the authorised officer reasonably suspects the stated name or address to be false.